Alive on Arrival

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Alive on Arrival

| type = Studio

| artist = Steve Forbert

| cover = Alive on Arrival.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded = 1977

| venue =

| studio = A&R Studio R1, New York

| genre = Pop

| length = 38:18

| label = Nemperor

| producer = Steve Burgh

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Jackrabbit Slim

| next_year = 1979

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic | class=album | id=mw0000193842 | label=Alive on Arrival | first=Mike | last=DeGagne | accessdate=July 20, 2017}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 485. Virgin Books, London. {{ISBN|1-85227-832-3}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=256}}

}}

Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Forbert

  1. "Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39
  2. "Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49
  3. "Thinkin'" – 3:25
  4. "What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34
  5. "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55
  6. "Big City Cat" – 3:50
  7. "Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13
  8. "Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14
  9. "Settle Down" – 3:46
  10. "You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33

Personnel

  • Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat"
  • Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home"
  • Steve Burgh – lead guitar
  • Dennis Good – trombone
  • Robbie Kondor – organ, piano
  • Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine
  • Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?"
  • Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel

;Technical

  • Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer
  • Danny Fields - front cover photography

Charts

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{{album chart|Canada|49|chartid=4547a|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}}
{{album chart|UK2|56|date=19790603|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|82|artist=Steve Forbert|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}}

References